Resource Center

Your organization isn’t currently able to hold performances, deliver programs, or operate as normal due to the COVID-19 pandemic. How can you keep in touch with your patrons? In this webinar, we'll dive into best practices for connecting with patrons while being sensitive to the mood of the time.

The novel coronavirus will be with us in North America for some time. In order to help guide choruses as they make plans to resume operations as safely and with the most information at hand as possible, Chorus America will continue to gather resources and collaborate with leading experts to make sense of the latest research and recommendations.

Amidst a still-unfolding public health and economic crisis, leaders of nonprofit organizations are profoundly challenged to sustain the support of their donors, members, volunteers, and other stakeholders. This 24-minute webinar (presented live, with additional time for open Q&A) offers an espresso shot of substantive and actionable recommendations designed to help you protect the relationships upon which your organization depends.

Optimizing your website doesn't always mean a complete redesign. This session will equip you with strategies and tactics for making small changes to your website that will deliver big results. You'll learn how to achieve the highest return on your efforts and how to track the results.

The webinar will cover how users interact with websites, design best practices, landing page optimization, and Google Analytics training. Leave with concrete and achievable takeaways that you can implement right away on your website.

Choruses are increasingly programming choral music that addresses social justice issues. But are we connecting the music performed on stage with the very real social issues in our communities? As we move beyond the traditional concert stage, are our collaborations built with authentic partnership and goal sharing? Are we educating our choirs and audiences to authentically experience music outside of our familiar choral genres?

Through demonstration and case studies, this workshop explores steps for creating choral partnerships that are truly collaborative, that deepen your chorus' relationships in your community, and are transformational for your chorus as well as your community partners. Webinar participants will engage in hands-on learning exercises that introduce GALA Choruses' "A New Harmony" workbook, and tools for listening, envisioning, and designing authentic collaborations.

Do choral directors and their ensembles have the right to perform music from cultures other than their own? If so, then what are the rules or standards by which choral music from other cultures can be explored? Based on scholarly research, this webinar will examine the definition of cultural appropriation, its intersection with choral music, and best practices for rehearsal and performance.

Do your board meetings include robust conversations about matters of consequence that result in strategic descisions being made and acted on? I didn't think so! You're not along, but there IS hope! Find out how to elevate your board discussions about strategic issues and elicit more engagement in true governance in this lively, interactive webinar. You'll get practical, no-cost steps you can take immediately to get more leadership out of your trustees.